More about my plastering skills

Below are lists providing you with an overview of what I mean by "I undertake all aspects of plastering".

I have only ever attended two formal years of plastering training. However, I have been fortunate enough to have worked with some of the most skilled, efficient and competent plasterers and other tradesmen.

I have also had the privilege of teaching two apprentices in my time, both of whom passed their qualifications with distinctions and merits. One of them even achieved second place in the Southern Areas apprentices competition.

"Over the years I've picked up some of the best procedures and practices in the book – and some tricks that are not."


A picture of a deep repair being required after a blown plaster episode.

1. Deep repair required.

The dubbing out stage of the deep repair required after a blown plaster episode.

2. "Dubbing out" before rendering.

Final coat of render to the deep repair required after a blown plaster episode.

3. Rendering prior to plastering.

Multifinsish plaster applied to the deep repair required after a blown plaster episode.

4. Multifinish plaster applied.



Having worked in a number of different period style properties, I've encountered numerous ways of getting over pretty much any plastering problem - such as the blown plaster scenario depicted, in four stages, in the images above.

But even after all these years in the game, I'm proud to say I still get a great deal of satisfaction turning a challenging room, which is in a bad state of repair, into a high quality finished space.


The work I undertake in more detail

  • Internal plastering

    • New build
    • Restoration
    • Renovation
    • Float and setting plaster work
    • Bonding and skimming of old artex ceilings and walls
    • Skimming to old plaster work
    • Pulling down, reboarding and skimming ceilings and walls
    • Dot and dab and skim
    • Installing and skimming insulated plasterboards
    • Tanking and damp proofing
    • Floor screeding
    • Curved walls and ceilings

  • External plastering

    • Flat render
    • Basic brush pattern pargetting
    • Pebble dashing
    • Patch repairs

  • Also

    • Insurance work undertaken
    • Tidying up of bodged jobs
    • If required I will paint and decorate any jobs that I've started and finished.

  • Health and Safety

    • I have public liability cover
    • I clean up at the end of each days work
    • I perform a 'final cleanse' on completion of a job